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Even When Police Do Wear Cameras, Don’t Count on Seeing the Footage – CityLab. A review of San Diego’s policy governing shoulder-cam disclosure. 

…the department claims the footage, which is captured by devices financed by city taxpayers and worn by officers on the public payroll, aren’t public records. Our newsroom’s request for footage from the shootings under the California Public Records Act was denied.

Once footage becomes part of an investigation, the department says it doesn’t have to release them. SDPD also said during the pilot phase of the camera program that it doesn’t even have to release footage from the cameras after an investigation wraps.